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October 2018
Clergy Clinic in Family Emotional Process (Group A)
Clergy Clinic in Family Emotional Process (Group A) Lombard Mennonite Peace Center will host its Clergy Clinic in Family Emotional Process over this coming fall, winter, and spring. The Clergy Clinic in Family Emotional Process is designed to enhance the ability of participants to function as self-differentiated leaders within their own ministry setting. It will provide a safe forum for processing challenging situations in one's ministry, while also facilitating reflection on a way of thinking about the human condition which…
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Clergy Clinic in Family Emotional Process (Group B: Part 1 of 3)
Clergy Clinic in Family Emotional Process (Group B) Lombard Mennonite Peace Center will host its Clergy Clinic in Family Emotional Process over this coming fall, winter, and spring. The Clergy Clinic in Family Emotional Process is designed to enhance the ability of participants to function as self-differentiated leaders within their own ministry setting. It will provide a safe forum for processing challenging situations in one's ministry, while also facilitating reflection on a way of thinking about the human condition which…
Find out more »Mediation Skills Training Institute for Church Leaders
Mediation Skills Training Institute for Church Leaders (November 12-16, 2018 Richmond, VA) The Mediation Skills Training Institute is designed to equip church leaders with the skills necessary to deal effectively with interpersonal, congregational, and other forms of group conflict. The five-day institute also includes a component on congregational mediation and consultation, placed within the context of family systems theory. Although focused primarily on the church setting, the skills learned are directly transferable to other settings. Thus, managers in business, attorneys,…
Find out more »Healthy Congregations
The Healthy Congregations workshop is designed to equip leaders to respond to the presence or potential threat of anxiety in a congregational system in ways that prevent destructive conflict and help the church stay focused on its unique mission and purpose. The preregistration fee is $99.00. If received after Nov. 2, 2018 the fee is $109.00; after Nov. 9, 2018 or at the door, the fee is $119.00. For more information, such as tuition discounts and a sample schedule, please consult this…
Find out more »Leadership and Anxiety in the Church
Leadership and Anxiety in the Church: A Family Systems Perspective (Wednesday, November 28, 2018, Palo Alto, CA) This seminar looks at the challenge presented by the rising levels of anxiety being experienced in churches today, as well as the role that self-differentiated leadership can play in calming such anxiety. Since the publication of Dr. Edwin Friedman’s Generation to Generation, many pastors and other church leaders have become aware of Bowen family systems theory as a way of understanding congregational dynamics. Family systems…
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